An Australian truck driver is mourning the unexpected death of his beloved girlfriend just days after the couple tied the knot.
Danielle Govett and Robert Farthing, both in their 40s, were married at a local marriage registry office in Victoria on October 12.
Just 17 days later, Govett, 49, woke up feeling dizzy and lay back down in bed.
He died 20 minutes later from a blood clot that had spread to his lungs.
The paramedics were unable to revive her.
“She said help me, help me and I couldn’t do anything,” Farthing told Daily Mail Australia.
“That was the worst.”
The emotional father-of-two revealed his wife had intended to work as a nurse at an aged care facility before her life ended tragically.
Danielle Govett (pictured right) died from a blood clot that spread to her lung just 17 days after marrying her husband.
Mrs Govett (pictured right) died 20 minutes after waking up feeling dizzy before falling back into bed (pictured left, Robert Farthing).
Farthing, 48, said his wife showed no signs of feeling unwell in the days before her death and was fine on their wedding day.
He said he is still struggling to come to terms with her death.
“The hardest thing is being there at night knowing there’s no one there,” Farthing said.
“I still feel like she’s going to walk through the door.”
It is understood a blood clot spread from Ms Govett’s leg to her lung.
However, Farthing has yet to receive a coroner’s report explaining the exact cause of his death.
“The coroner said there was a blood clot in her leg and that’s why she felt dizzy because it came loose,” she said.
Farthing and Govett (pictured) were married at a local marriage registry office in Victoria on October 12.
The couple met in March 2018 after striking up a conversation online and developed an instant connection.
Mrs Govett, who was born and raised in Melton, southern Victoria, had completed her diploma two weeks before her wedding.
She was set to join Swan Hill District Health to support elderly patients at the aged care service provider.
The passionate Western Bulldogs AFL supporter, who loved volunteering for local charities, spent 30 years working as a teacher at Melton Specialist School helping students living with a disability.
The couple (pictured) met in March 2018 after striking up a conversation online and the pair felt an instant connection between them.
The couple had plans to settle in Pyramid Hill, northern Victoria, after buying a house there.
The newlyweds had also booked a six-day cruise to Tasmania for their honeymoon.
Since then, Farthing has created a GoFundMe page to help him finance the cost of the property, which he said he wanted to buy in memory of his wife.
His family has rallied behind the grieving father to help him overcome the devastating tragedy.
Farthing described his wife as a kind person who always had a smile on her face and loved to help others.
She said her two daughters, aged 21 and 16, who live with a disability, were hardest hit after they formed a close bond with Ms Govett.
‘They took it very badly. “They were there when she passed away,” he said.
“Heaven wanted its angel back.”